In addition to this huge list, in the New Testament we find two men named Zacharias, which is the Greek version of Zechariah (spelled Ζαχαριας), one of which was the victim of a notorious murder referred to by Matthew (23:35) and Luke (11:51). Read our article on the name Zacharias for a closer look at who this might have been.

The name Zaccheus might be a Hellenized version of the Hebrew name Zaccai, which in turn might be a compressed version of Zechariah.

Etymology of the name Zechariah

The name Zechariah consists of two parts. The final bit is יה, the abbreviated form of the Name of the Lord: יהוה (YHWH).

The first segment of the name Zechariah comes from the verb זכר (zakar), meaning to think about or meditate upon:

Zechariah meaning

The name Zechariah literally means Yah Remembers or Remembrance of Yah or even Pondering Yahweh.

For a meaning of the name Zechariah, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Yahweh Remembers and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Remembered Of The Lord.

But following zakar's meaning of male, we find for the name Zechariah a secondary meaning of Yah's Male. And that isn't all that weird considering that the name of the archangel Gabriel means God's Guy.